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Imagine driving thru night with kids sleeping and suddenly car starts beeping. Is there a way how to switch sensors off for similar situations?

by sixtyj 3mo ago

ShellfishMeme 3mo ago
You can switch them off but only until the engine is turned off again. Most manufacturers have a shortcut on the dashboard or steering wheel though. Eventually you just get used to doing that every time you start driving.
- londons_explore 3mo ago
  There'll be firmware hacks to force that mode soon enough.
  - Scoundreller 3mo ago
    You wouldn’t download a bookmarklet on your car
    - bigiain 3mo ago
      "Download NoBeepPro for Android Auto now! It silences all unwanted warning sound, and totally doesn't surreptitiously enroll your car into a residential proxy service or mine crypto currency using your main power or hybrid battery!"
  - ssl-3 3mo ago
    That hasn't broadly happened yet, and it's even less likely to happen in the future with encrypted comms and locked-down firmware increasingly becoming the rule instead of the exception.
- toast0 3mo ago
  Depends on the car (and the regulatory regime, I'd imagine). My fancy pants 2025 car is happy to leave driver alertness detection disabled, which is handy because it's not good. Of course my ultra base model 1981 van doesn't have any features... it's a lot more fun to drive, other than the engine noise is pretty oppressive on a drive any significant length oh and the floor is missing where the accelerator pedal should mount :P
- frollogaston 3mo ago
  That works. I already got so used to disabling ESC on start that I do it unconsciously at this point, can't even recall afterwards that I did it. (My car is old and has a glitchy ESC)
  - Ccecil 3mo ago
    I saw a mod where there was an arduino/lcd setup on the dash of an Audi to turn off the ESC and other annoyances on startup. I turn mine off quite often. On dirt roads and snow.
    - frollogaston 3mo ago
      Yeah, there are ways if you figure out the manufacturer specifics. Thought it'd be fun to try capturing and replaying CAN messages, gave up cause whatever cheapo CAN to USB adapter I got wasn't working with my Linux laptop. Probably could've figured it out but decided it wasn't worth risking my 2005 Quattroporte with something that was feeling increasingly jank. Autel scanner already gave me all the read-only access I needed, including clutch wear.
      - Ccecil 3mo ago
        I recommend "the car hackers handbook". Gives you all the info you need including software. Great start to knowing what the CAN is doing.
        frollogaston 3mo ago
        That one is good. I did actually start there, just bought the wrong stuff :S
- freetonik 3mo ago
  >...until the engine is turned off again Modern electric Volkswagens (and some other brands) have this amazingly awful feature where lifting your ass off the driver's seat turns off the "ignition". The car just shuts off immediately, AC turns off, CarPlay disconnects, those driver settings reset. Even if I sit back one second later.
  - Cthulhu_ 3mo ago
    ...even while driving?
    - gf000 3mo ago
      Fairly sure that it won't turn off while the wheels are spinning at any speed -- with the engine off, you also lose power steering in most cases and can trivially cause an accident. Car manufacturers are not this dumb.
fhub 3mo ago
In my experience, rental cars are the worst. They are configured to make so much noise. My kids sleep in rentals more than daily driving too (longer commutes when traveling). My 2022 Volvo treats me like a adult and makes very little noise. Heads up display shows things that might be important.
petre 3mo ago
The kids will wake up a few times, then just get used and grow up to ignore all the annoying beeps. My boss sometimes drives without a belt while the car keeps beeping and he succesfully ignores it.
goodpoint 3mo ago
Maybe you should ask yourself why you are not looking at the road in the first place.
- smackeyacky 3mo ago
  I think it was clear that the poster was distracted by all the useless bongs and beeps and that was what caused the extra distracted driving bong or beep
  - goodpoint 3mo ago
    That does not justify not looking at the road.
pontussw 3mo ago
If it makes someone put their phone down, or pull over when they are too tired to drive, perhaps the bigger question is if it prevents you all ending up in an accident - a lot worse of a situation than the beeping, in my opinion
- Cthulhu_ 3mo ago
  If it beeps when you're NOT using your phone then people won't care about using their phone to begin with.

Imagine driving thru night with kids sleeping and suddenly car starts beeping. Is there a way how to switch sensors off for similar situations?

by sixtyj 3mo ago

Imagine driving thru night with kids sleeping and suddenly car starts beeping. Is there a way how to switch sensors off for similar situations?

ShellfishMeme 3mo ago

You can switch them off but only until the engine is turned off again. Most manufacturers have a shortcut on the dashboard or steering wheel though. Eventually you just get used to doing that every time you start driving.

londons_explore 3mo ago
There'll be firmware hacks to force that mode soon enough.
- Scoundreller 3mo ago
  You wouldn’t download a bookmarklet on your car
  - bigiain 3mo ago
    "Download NoBeepPro for Android Auto now! It silences all unwanted warning sound, and totally doesn't surreptitiously enroll your car into a residential proxy service or mine crypto currency using your main power or hybrid battery!"
- ssl-3 3mo ago
  That hasn't broadly happened yet, and it's even less likely to happen in the future with encrypted comms and locked-down firmware increasingly becoming the rule instead of the exception.
toast0 3mo ago
Depends on the car (and the regulatory regime, I'd imagine). My fancy pants 2025 car is happy to leave driver alertness detection disabled, which is handy because it's not good. Of course my ultra base model 1981 van doesn't have any features... it's a lot more fun to drive, other than the engine noise is pretty oppressive on a drive any significant length oh and the floor is missing where the accelerator pedal should mount :P
frollogaston 3mo ago
That works. I already got so used to disabling ESC on start that I do it unconsciously at this point, can't even recall afterwards that I did it. (My car is old and has a glitchy ESC)
- Ccecil 3mo ago
  I saw a mod where there was an arduino/lcd setup on the dash of an Audi to turn off the ESC and other annoyances on startup. I turn mine off quite often. On dirt roads and snow.
  - frollogaston 3mo ago
    Yeah, there are ways if you figure out the manufacturer specifics. Thought it'd be fun to try capturing and replaying CAN messages, gave up cause whatever cheapo CAN to USB adapter I got wasn't working with my Linux laptop. Probably could've figured it out but decided it wasn't worth risking my 2005 Quattroporte with something that was feeling increasingly jank. Autel scanner already gave me all the read-only access I needed, including clutch wear.
    - Ccecil 3mo ago
      I recommend "the car hackers handbook". Gives you all the info you need including software. Great start to knowing what the CAN is doing.
      - frollogaston 3mo ago
        That one is good. I did actually start there, just bought the wrong stuff :S
freetonik 3mo ago
>...until the engine is turned off again Modern electric Volkswagens (and some other brands) have this amazingly awful feature where lifting your ass off the driver's seat turns off the "ignition". The car just shuts off immediately, AC turns off, CarPlay disconnects, those driver settings reset. Even if I sit back one second later.
- Cthulhu_ 3mo ago
  ...even while driving?
  - gf000 3mo ago
    Fairly sure that it won't turn off while the wheels are spinning at any speed -- with the engine off, you also lose power steering in most cases and can trivially cause an accident. Car manufacturers are not this dumb.

fhub 3mo ago

In my experience, rental cars are the worst. They are configured to make so much noise. My kids sleep in rentals more than daily driving too (longer commutes when traveling). My 2022 Volvo treats me like a adult and makes very little noise. Heads up display shows things that might be important.

petre 3mo ago

The kids will wake up a few times, then just get used and grow up to ignore all the annoying beeps. My boss sometimes drives without a belt while the car keeps beeping and he succesfully ignores it.

goodpoint 3mo ago

Maybe you should ask yourself why you are not looking at the road in the first place.

smackeyacky 3mo ago
I think it was clear that the poster was distracted by all the useless bongs and beeps and that was what caused the extra distracted driving bong or beep
- goodpoint 3mo ago
  That does not justify not looking at the road.

pontussw 3mo ago

If it makes someone put their phone down, or pull over when they are too tired to drive, perhaps the bigger question is if it prevents you all ending up in an accident - a lot worse of a situation than the beeping, in my opinion

Cthulhu_ 3mo ago
If it beeps when you're NOT using your phone then people won't care about using their phone to begin with.